The Dickinson press., 1887-11-26
DAKOTA NEWS.

N0NlStllIp VII l1tNi II y lLlht ClOSCU
Saturday the 18th inst.
At the December term of court. i'm
Pemhina county. Thomas Farcv will
be tried for murder.
Coutts Majoril,amkS, who runs a liy
ranch on the Mouse RIVER. has sown
thirty acres of alfalfa. and the first
year had Il fine yield. The roots of
the plants are now more than two
feet in length and the crop next year
will undoubtedly he large.
The Minnesota and Dakota railway
from Fargo northwest. the project of
Massachusetts, capitalists. has been
surveyed as far as New Rockford,
Eddy county. The new line between
the points named is one hundred and
thirty-seven miles.
Yesterday the governor issued q
commission to Otto Pcamiller of
Yankton as u member of the new
board for the YaMkton insane llospi-
tai, in the place of BENZ. S. Williams,
removed. This appointment COM
pletcs the new board. 1t is UNDER
stood that the old board still assumes
to act, but the auditor will pay no
bills not duly certified to by the SUI
perintendent and the new board.
Smith 4 Slanbor's implement ware
house burned at Blunt, Wednesday
morning. Loss 81. oDu; insurance $500.
The Utter building was also burned,
loss Sl..5OO and 10 insurance. A strong
wind was blowing and the entire bust
ness portion of the town narrowly
escaped. All the city records were
burned. lnccndiarisln is charged.
larger Gmdersoll, aged %. living
ten miles north of Devils Lake had
been in town drinking heavily for
two days. Tuesday lie procured two
bottles of s%tryclmine at Il drug store.
Late at night he was found dead in a
room ut the Pacific house with one of
the empty stfychninc bottles by his
side. 1t was plainly Il cast of suicide
and the %corollor's jmryrendcred IL ver-
dict accordingly.
Judge Francis opened court in
jamestown Tuesday. The calendar
contains sevcnty-four cases. all civil.
w. IIinckle Smith put down an ar
tesian we'll recently ovcr at Armenia.
and the flow was $50 barrels of water
per day. The well is $50 feet deep.
Work on the Minnesota & Dakota
railroad is progressing rapidly in
Traill county. The road passes
through lIill,boro and thence i'm a
westerly course to Devils Lake. 1t
is to be built next year.
The Territorial Farmers Alliance
has located permanent headquarters
ut aberdeen. j. B. Walgemutl the
purchasing agent AID Geo. Il. Crosse.
the president, Will make their resi-,
dence there, and a large warehouse
will soon be erected.
The entire business portion of Her
mosa, twenty miles south of Rapi,
City burned Thursday night; loss
$25 1000; insurance $1,000.
Prior block at A berdeen was bnrne
Saturday. The block contained til,
Cnited States land Office. Considcra
bic loss j. sustained by the tnitet
States by the destruction of the build
in. and valuable papers and records
The commissioners of Spiuk sount,
unanimously passed the followin.
resolution at their meeting last week
Whereas. the Lord in his goodness
having caused one William Andrew
Jackson Sparks to resign his position
as land commissioner. it is hereb,
re recommended that Il day be set apar
for a public thanksgiving.
j. d. Cogan. formerly editor OF thu
Wolsey journal. has bought j. T.. FL
sons interest in the Huron Free
Trade Democrat. The politics of the
paper will remain unchanged.